The idea for my new YA series came to me when I was watching a comedian on television, of all things. I don’t recall exactly what the performer’s line of humor was, but it had something to do with his opinion that NASA should be ashamed of itself for making a momentous event like a rover landing on Mars into the most boring thing ever, followed by the wise observation that remote control cars are only fun for the people who are actually controlling the car.
I laughed. But the idea got me thinking: What if it was possible for the average person to have their own control to a Mars rover? Helen of Mars was born.
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